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The calculated consumption of a meter will be charged to the Cost center.

Configuration

Click the Configuration button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Metering app to open the Configuration page. 

Toolbar functions

On this page the components and assignments of the metering have to be set up:

• Cost rate
• Resource
• Trending
• Meter
• Cost center
• Cost center plan

This page has two view modes:

The project tree is always shown on the left hand side.

• Configuration view mode

On the right hand side details of the project tree are shown.

Use this view to set up cost rates, resources, meters and cost centers. 

To switch to this view click the Show configuration button from the menu bar.

• Cost center plan view mode

On the right hand side the cost center plan is shown as a tree. There is only one cost center plan - the root node neither can be deleted nor created new.

Use this view to add cost centers or meters to the cost center plan. Adding an element to the cost center plan is done by drag & drop with the mouse.

To switch to this view click the Show Cost Center Plan button from the menu bar.

Note: The configuration view is used for setting up metering components.

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A meter can be asssigned to a cost center or directly to the root of the cost center plan..

Open Configuration page and switch to Cost center plan view.

Select the meter in the project tree on the left hand side and side and drag it to the cost center plan or a cost center on the right hand side.

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Animation - Assigning a meter to two cost centers, charging 50% of the meter to each cost center:

Caclulation

Click the Calculation button Image Modified on the left-side menu of the Metering app to open the Calculation page.